Early music ensemble City Waites are authorities in the vernacular music of the taverns and countryside of 16th and 17th century England, with informed performances...continue...
Recording information: Aosis Studio, Chalk Farm, London (1992); The Premises, Hackney (1992); Aosis Studio, Chalk Farm, London (1995); The Premises, Hackney (1995).

For his third AVIE album, tenor Nicholas Phan turns to a group of Renaissance and Baroque English composers who greatly influenced Benjamin Britten, the muse...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (10/21/2014-10/22/2014)....continue...

Lute Music from Renaissance Italy, featuring three composers of Milanese origin, was originally recorded in 1995/96 by Joachim Held (b. Hamburg, 1963), regarded as one...continue...
Recording information: Eremo di Ronzano, Bologna, Italy (08/1995/02/1996)....continue...

Italian composer Giovanni Zamboni is somewhat of a mystery to the modern listener. Very little is known of his life; he was born in Rome...continue...
Recording information: Bulgarian National Radio Studio, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (04/2013)....continue...

The famous yellow books known as the Arie Antiche, compiled as the personal anthology of a single editor almost one hundred years ago, have formed...continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey, Dorset (01/1992)....continue...

International Record Review, December 2012Far from wearying the listener with a surfeit of sorrow, this is a very successful recital. It demonstrates nicely the other...continue...
Recording information: St Fidelis' Catholic Church, Coburg, Melbourne, Austral (2011-01-05_2011-01-07&2011-)....continue...

Eloquence is a series of classical recordings culled from the archives of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and originating from Australia. One of the most critically-acclaimed...continue...
Recording information: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK (01/1975)....continue...

Though little is known of Marco Dall'Aquila(1480-1544), he undoubtedly lived and composed during a period in which lute technique graduated from monodic to polyphonic plectrum...continue...
Recording information: Santa Croce Museum, Umbertide, Perugia, Italy (04/2013)....continue...

A program of carols researched, compiled and recorded by Andrew Parrott, the Taverner Consort & Choir and the Taverner Players. The oldest carols recorded here...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. John-at-Hackney, London, England (01/1988)....continue...

This release features a 2-disc survey of J.S. Bach's music for lute, an instrument for which he composed relatively little. Recorded in 2012 by Mario...continue...
Recording information: TVA Studio, Ascea, Salerno, Italy (01/2012-04/2012)....continue...

This project is a continuation of 17th century English songs whose lyrics look at life from a female viewpoint, exploring a woman's feelings and experiences....continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey, Dorset (03/1993/06/1993)....continue...

Works: John Dowland: His golden locks Time has to silver turned, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs); It was a time when silly bees could speak, for 4 voices & lute (Third Book of Songs); Far from the...
Performers:
Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Works: Thomas Weelkes: What have the gods, madrigal in 2 sections for 6 voices; Alleluia, I heard a voice; Hosanna to the Son of David; Gloria in excelsis Deo; As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending, madr...
Performers:
Rooley, Anthony [Lute] Conductors:
Rooley, Anthony [Lute] Ensemble:
Consort of Musicke

One of the world's most visible bassoonists, Nadina Mackie Jackson is a passionate performer with a repertoire that runs from unaccompanied baroque to electronica. A...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, (08/22/2011-08/23/2011)....continue...

This disc presents the First Book of Tablature of 1611 in its entirety, with the pieces showing the influence of the stylus phantasticus, as outlined...continue...
Recording information: Studio of the Bulgarian National Radio, Stara Zagora (03/2012)....continue...

The first recording of Buxtehude's complete works is steadily approaching completion; this is the final volume of the chamber music and all that remains are...continue...
Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (12/2010/10/2011)....continue...

The title of this CD refers to the publication year of Thomas Mace's "Musick's Monument", a rich collection of lute works, and the year in...continue...
Recording information: Pfarrkirche St Viktor, Viktorsberg, Austria (10/29/2011-10/31/2011)....continue...

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Évangélique Allemande de Paris, Paris, France (04/14/2010)....continue...

The "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I was the focal point of all England - the subject, dedicatee and audience for much of the music composed and...continue...
Recording information: Sarum St Martin, Salisbury, Wilts, UK (07/17/2009-07/18/2009)....continue...

Playing a golden-toned 10-course lute and using original manuscript sources or his own sensitive reconstructions, British lutenist Nigel North presents a delightful recital of dances...continue...
Recording information: St George's Church, Sutton, Ontario, Canada (09/16/2008-09/18/2008)....continue...